Questions from class: 1. Based on your graph, which years had the highest average Sunspot number? The lowest average Sunspot Number?
2. How often does the cycle of maximum and minimum activity repeat?
3. When was the most recent maximum sunspot activity? The most recent minimum sunspot activity?
4. Suppose you are an engineer working for an electric power company. Write a brief summary of your analysis of sunspot data. Explain the relationship between sunspot number and electrical disturbances on Earth.
5. Using the pattern of sunspot activity, predict the number of peaks in the next 30 years. Around which years do you expect peaks to occur?
Helpful and Fun Websites:International Space Station- Want to see the international space station flying at night? Check out the website for a specific date and time you can look in the sky. These dates are specifically for Colorado Springs.
NASA Kids' Club - A fun website including current information, pictures, and games
NASA - The government website with all types of important information for you to use
Amazing Space - Learn about astronomy, space, telescopes, stars, discoveries. Includes "Tonights Sky" constellations, deep sky objects, and planets.
Dawn - Dawn is an unmanned mission to the beginning of the solar system. There are videos and images of the craft moving towards the asteroid belt. The site includes games and activities for kids such as making an asteroid belt. It’s also a resource for students and teachers including online interactive simulations.
Earth and Moon Viewer - Presents an earth map—you can see where it is day, or night, right now. You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe.
Women of NASA - The Women of NASA resource was developed to encourage more young women to pursue careers in math, science, and technology.
Views of the Solar System - Presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, and spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics, and videos.
The Nine Planets - An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and their moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information. A multimedia tour of the solar system by Bill Arnett.
Star Journey - A beautiful site from National Geographic featuring star maps and info on the Hubble telescope.
Science @ NASA- Headline News - Stay current with headline news (1-4 new stories a week) from NASA related to space science, astronomy, living in space, Earth science, physical and biological sciences, and rocketry. Full-text stories in English are archived by month and year and are available from 1996 to the present.
Videos
A Huge Sun Shade in Space?- A video about one possible way to save the world. A possible sun shade in space and how to do it.
Hypernovas and Black Holes- A scientist tries to identify where the powerful explosions in the universe are coming from, where stars are dying and black holes are forming.
Top 5 Moon Moments- A review of the favorite filmed moments on the moon.
10/4- Rocket Simulation Website- NASA modeler
9/29- Newton's Laws Stations
First and Second Law- newtonlab.pdf
Third Law- NewtonsThirdLaw.docx
9/29- Newton's Laws Notes- Newton’s Laws of Motion.pptx
9/28- Phases, Eclipses, and Tides Notes- Phases, Eclipes, and Tides.pptx
9/27- Moonth of Phases Lab- Moonth of Phases lab.docx
Stormy Sunspots Lab-
Stormy Sunspots Activity.docx.pdf
Questions from class:
1. Based on your graph, which years had the highest average Sunspot number? The lowest average Sunspot Number?
2. How often does the cycle of maximum and minimum activity repeat?
3. When was the most recent maximum sunspot activity? The most recent minimum sunspot activity?
4. Suppose you are an engineer working for an electric power company. Write a brief summary of your analysis of sunspot data. Explain the relationship between sunspot number and electrical disturbances on Earth.
5. Using the pattern of sunspot activity, predict the number of peaks in the next 30 years. Around which years do you expect peaks to occur?
8/13 Rotation and Revolution Notes from class- Rotation and Revolution.pptx
8/25- Mars Jobs-Mars students.ppt
Required Attributes- Recommended Attributes.pdf
8/26-8/27- Mars Notes- Mars Notes.ppt
Solar System Project:
Book Rubric- Children's Solar System Book Project-2010-2011.doc
Poster Rubric- Children's Solar System Poster Project-2010-2011.doc
Comets, Metoers, and Asteroids Data Table- Comets, Asteroids, Meteors-2010-2011.docx
Planets Data Table- Planet Information-2010-2011.docx
Rocket Simulation- **http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/rktsim.html**
Helpful and Fun Websites:International Space Station- Want to see the international space station flying at night? Check out the website for a specific date and time you can look in the sky. These dates are specifically for Colorado Springs.
NASA Kids' Club - A fun website including current information, pictures, and games
NASA - The government website with all types of important information for you to use
Amazing Space - Learn about astronomy, space, telescopes, stars, discoveries. Includes "Tonights Sky" constellations, deep sky objects, and planets.
Dawn - Dawn is an unmanned mission to the beginning of the solar system. There are videos and images of the craft moving towards the asteroid belt. The site includes games and activities for kids such as making an asteroid belt. It’s also a resource for students and teachers including online interactive simulations.
Earth and Moon Viewer - Presents an earth map—you can see where it is day, or night, right now. You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe.
Women of NASA - The Women of NASA resource was developed to encourage more young women to pursue careers in math, science, and technology.
Views of the Solar System - Presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, and spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics, and videos.
The Nine Planets - An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and their moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information. A multimedia tour of the solar system by Bill Arnett.
Star Journey - A beautiful site from National Geographic featuring star maps and info on the Hubble telescope.
Science @ NASA- Headline News - Stay current with headline news (1-4 new stories a week) from NASA related to space science, astronomy, living in space, Earth science, physical and biological sciences, and rocketry. Full-text stories in English are archived by month and year and are available from 1996 to the present.
Videos
A Huge Sun Shade in Space?- A video about one possible way to save the world. A possible sun shade in space and how to do it.
Discovering Comets in S pace- A BBC video about how scientists learned about comets through the use of rockets.
Unlocking Comet Secrets- Scientists try to study comets through domes and telescopes.
Hypernovas and Black Holes- A scientist tries to identify where the powerful explosions in the universe are coming from, where stars are dying and black holes are forming.
Top 5 Moon Moments- A review of the favorite filmed moments on the moon.
Top 5 NASA Videos- The top 5 out of this world videos.
New Digs for the Space Station- The Space Station recieves new toilets, beds, and a fridge. Pretty interesting.
NASA Plans Next Journey to the Moon- NASA is preparing for the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Check out additional videos both on YouTube and Discovery Channel! There are a ton of really cool videos to watch.